First gig I ever saw was Marillion in 1988.
The last band to play here before them was Meat Loaf 6 years earlier so I made a point of going just to experience a proper live gig rather than out of any great love of Marillion. And because my mother worked at the venue & got me in cheap.
I only knew one of their songs as did most of the audience who spent most of the gig chanting for it, I spent most of it bored out of my skull. Other memories of the gig was that my friends Dad was doing the PA and my friend was telling us how much a c*nt the drummer was, also the support act was a local band called Unique which featured two big haired synth players and a big fat bald guy on vocals dressed up in what looked like Leigh Bowrey's cast offs complete with make up.
A bit like this in fact only without the belt & lightbulbs....
It was also one of Fish's last ever gigs with Marillion, maybe even his last This gig was a one off after their main tour had finished and he left a couple of months later.